JZ, I am just beating myself up because I should have checked back at the dentist first. I've given up on the idea that I will ever stop losing things, and my mom also has back up keys for me!
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Nov 16, 2009 11:46:51 am PST #665 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 16, 2009 11:50:49 am PST #666 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Goodbye, Monday. You were rubbish. I'm off to sleep until Tuesday i.e. going to bed.
Zenkitty - Nov 16, 2009 11:51:37 am PST #667 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Ah, geez. Major family meltdown. One thing that was good about living in a different state, when my familial shit hit the fan, I could remain somewhat distant from it. My nieces have been at each other's throats for a few years now, and they've both just declared, with much screaming and hurling of foul names, that they hate each other and never want to see each other ever again. They're not twelve; they're 22 and 26. My sister and I are at a loss; we don't even know where all this rancor came from. S. is adamant that she hates her sister and is done with her, and K. is saying hateful things I can't believe she'd ever say about her own sister. S. has always been the quietest, most accomodating, least confrontational person you ever met, and K. has always been abrasive and self-centered and prone to tantrums; we thought this was just another drama-fest, but it's clearly more serious; there has to have been something that set this off, and we don't know what, and we don't know what to do. It's to the point that I don't even want to talk to K. anymore; I can't listen to her call her little sister a whore. And S. won't talk anymore at all. (S. *may* be dating a guy who was married when they met, but S. denies it, and there is nothing but rumor about it anyway. K. herself spent almost a year swooning after a married guy with a new baby, and apparently cannot see that she did the same thing she's now accusing her sister of.) K. is being irrationally furious; I'd be scared she was doing drugs if I didn't know that she hates them. Apparently the bad feelings have been going on for a while, and S. seems to just be done with it; she quit talking about it before she even got around to talking to me. All this came out of the blue at me last night, and I don't handle this kind of thing well. I don't know what to do.
beth b - Nov 16, 2009 12:04:37 pm PST #668 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Don't do anything. Tell them you don't want to hear anything. They have a problem they can be grown ups - if they can't talk it out, they should not involve any other members of the family.
I might be a bit harsh, but you should not have to deal with stupid shit
Scrappy - Nov 16, 2009 12:06:30 pm PST #669 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, I would tell each of them when they start bringing the subject up that it is between them and it is something they need to settle between themselves. And be prepared to repeat it over and over until it sinks in.
hippocampus - Nov 16, 2009 12:10:35 pm PST #670 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Aims you're not weak or stupid or horrible and you can do this.
sj - Nov 16, 2009 12:30:17 pm PST #671 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Zenkitty, what a nasty situation. I agree to try to say as uninvolved as possible.
Home. We both have milkshakes and I have a hamburger. I should have gotten 3. So hungry.
EpicTangent - Nov 16, 2009 12:32:21 pm PST #672 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
ION: Finally caved to friends' pressure and put up a profile on an online dating site. We shall see. It's a site "by geeks, for geeks". Will advise of further developments.
Zen, I agree with the wisdom that has come before me - do your damnedest to stay out of it. Not your fight. Unless you're longing to mediate, rise above (or duck, whichever works).
{{Aims}}
Hil R. - Nov 16, 2009 1:26:05 pm PST #673 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Skipped a bunch. ~ma to all who need it.
Today was not my greatest day. Just barely managed to fend off a panic attack.
Vortex - Nov 16, 2009 1:32:16 pm PST #674 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Whoa! Today needs to BACK THE FUCK UP OFF MY BITCHES!
GC, I am good at putting my foot in people's asses (and not in a good way), so if you or DW needs any backup, please let me know. I also enjoy writing angry letters, so please feel free to make me happy by having me write one or several.
Aims, shit happens. One cigarette doesnt make you a bad person. Sometimes we backslide, but we have to keep moving forward. If you do it again, I'll spank you (wait, is that a punishment or a reward? ;)
Hil, good for you for fending it off. Deep breaths and calm thoughts your way, and we're here if you want to talk.
Zen, family can suck, but they're both adults. Tell them to grow the fuck up and leave you out of it. If they want to act like they're 2 and 6 instead of 22 and 26, then they can do it on their own time.
and Tino, if you do anything else today I WILL CUT YOU.